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Here are a couple of articles that I've found of interest this week!

The 2 Secrets to Creating Unforgettable Characters by Victoria Mixon @Victoria Mixon (Posted on WritetoDone @WritetoDone)

More Common Writing Mistakes at All Write Fiction Advice by AJ Humpage @AJHumpage

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Reading, writing, reading about writing, writing about reading, reading good writing, repeat!

Here are three articles I found interesting:

• Using Google's "My Maps" to Keep Track of All the Locations in Your Novel Aliventures @aliventures 

• Dazzling Dialogue:  The 9 No's You Must Avoid  Jerry B. Jenkins, @jerrybjenkins

• Should Main Characters be Flawless?  A. J. Humpage  @AJHumpage

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Writing advice to get you motivated!

• Babbles from Scott Eagan:  Adding Depth to Your Stories @greyhausagency
• Great advice on how to add depth by getting into your character's head.

• Julie Musil:  What To Do Before You're Published by C. Lee McKenzie @cleemckenzie
• Steps you can talk to become known before your first book comes out.

• Michelle4Laughs:  Query Questions with Jessica Watterson  @JessWatterson @Michelle4Laughs (Michelle Hauck)
• In the process of writing your query? Jessica Watterson offers advice on what to include and what to leave out!

• Write Into Print:  Self Editing 4 Fiction #7 Interior Monologue posted by Stef Mcdaid @WriteIntoPrint 
• What is your character thinking? We really want to know!

• Janice Hardy's Fiction University:  Sharing the Spotlight:  How Much Page Time Do Your Supporting Characters Need by Janice Hardy @Janice_Hardy
• How much is too much when writing your supporting characters? Do they take over the story or are they barely there?

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Love to write? Here are some great articles about writing!

• Writers Helping Writers:  Story Midpoint & Mirror Moment:  Using a Hero's Emotions to Transform Them by Angela Ackerman @AngelaAckerman

• Mythic Scribes:  Names in Fantasy - 3 Ways to Invent Names for Characters and Creatures by Grace Robinson @StorytellerGRL @Mythicscribes

• Writer's Circle:  6 Free Writing Podcasts 

• Charlotte Rains Dixon:  Building Your Fictonal World @Wordstrumpet

• Lynnette LaBelle:  8 Things to Do Before Launching a Book @LynnetteLaBelle

• Bestseller Labs:  10 Key Questions That Can Determine Your Success As a Writer by Jonathan Gunson @JonathanGunson

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Love to write? These links to articles about writing are for you!

• Writin Geekery:  A Balance of Strengths to Take Your Story Higher by MJ Bush @Writingeekery

• Wordcraft:  The Key to Suspense by Avi

• Anne R. Allen's Blog:  How to Write Blog Content:  9 Tips to Entice Readers to Your Author Blog @annerallen

• Daily Writing Tips:  100 Exquisite Adjectives by Mark Nichol @writing_tips 

• Amanda Bumgarner:  Tips for Humor Writing (Part 1) (Part 2)

• Creative Writing Video Tutorials for the Multimedia Age:  If You Have a Great Character but No Plot by Cy Porter 

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Gather inspiration from these articles about writing.

• JeriWB Author & Editor/Make Every Word Count: 10 Tips for Writing Poetic Prose by Jeri Walker-Bickett @JeriWB

• Writer UnBoxed:  10 Tips About Process by Brunonia Barry @BrunoniaBarry @WriterUnboxed

• The Webwriter Spotlight:  9 Things Exceptional Writers Habitually Do So Well by David K. William @DavidKWilliam @Writerspotlight

• Jami Gold, Paranormal Author:  Story Themes:  What's Your Worldview? @JamiGold

• 99U:  29 Ways to Stay Creative [Video] @99u

• Gail Carson Levine:  Character Flip Flop

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Want to read a little about writing? Here are some great places to start!

• Kidlit.Com:  Building Emotional Anticipation by Mary Kole @Kid_Lit (Note:  I'm currently reading Mary Kole's book Writing Irresistible Kidlit:  The Ultimate Guide to Crafting Fiction for Young Adult and Middle Grade Readers. I'm discovering loads of great information and examples.)

• Moody Writing:  The Three Dimensions of Character @mooderino

• Bad Language:  Cheat Sheet:  We're Giving Away Our Proofreading Checklist by Clare Dodd @claredodd

• Writer Unboxed:  When the Thrill is Gone By Barbara O'Neal @WriterUnboxed  @barbaraoneal

• Open Culture:  Stephen King's Top 20 Rules for Writers @OpenCulture @StephenKing

• Babbles from Scott Eagan:  Query Letters 101 @greyhausagency

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A few gems on writing to inspire you!

• Creative Writing Video Tutorials for the Multimedia Age:  In Depth "Show Not Tell for Creative Writing by Cy Porter @drawnovel

• Author, Jody Hedlund  6 Key Things to Consider When Developing Characters @JodyHedlund 

• Clear Writing With Mr. Clarity:  Meaningless Nouns Make You Sound Phony by Joe Roy

• Fiction Notes:  Author Website Tech:  Professional Email by Darcy Pattison @FictionNotes

• Kate White:  How to Make Time for What You Love @katemwhite

• Catherine, Caffinated:  To Do:  A Social Media Spring Clean by Catherine Ryan Howard @cathryanhoward

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Fascinating reading about writing from writers' blogs:

• Reading and Writing are Fattening:  6 Ways to Entice Readers (How much of an e-book is read before it is tossed aside?) by Marla M. Madison

• Jane Friedman:  10 Apps to Help You Stay Focused on Your Writing by Frances Caballo @CaballoFrances @JaneFriedman

• Woven With Pixie Dust:  Picture Book University:  Character Driven Picture Books by Pam Calvert @PammCalvert

• Path of Possibility:  Are You Making Enough Mistakes? by Sage Cohen @SageCohen 

• Writers Digest/Guide to Literary Agents:  Word Count for Novels and Children's Books:  The Definitive Post by Chuck Sambuchino @ChuckSambuchino @Writersdigest

• Publisher's Weekly:  Children's Books:  A Shifting Market by Jim Milliot @PublishersWkly

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Do you like to read what people have to say about writing? I do! Just don't forget to write.

• Argh Ink:  Questionable:  Character Watch-ability by Jennifer Crusie @JennyCrusie

• The Plot Whisperer:  The 7 Essential Elements of Scene by Martha Alderson @plotwhisperer [video]

• Hemingway App - A new app to make your writing bold and clear. Great for editing! @HemingwayApp

• GalleyCat:  Louis Sachar:  "Always Be Willing to Rewrite" @GalleyCat

• Daily Infographic:  How To Keep Your Creativity Flowing @dailyinfographc

• A. Victoria Mixon:  4 Tricks for Improving Your Fiction in One Day @VictoriaMixon 

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Read some great info about writing!

• Aliventures:  Take the Plunge:  How To (Finally) Start Your Novel by Ali Luke, @aliventures

• Beyond the Margins:  How to Start a Novel by Chris Abouzeid, @gripemaster

•  All Write - Fiction Advice:  Tempt, Tease and Tantalise by A. J. Humpage, @AJHumpage

• Jody Hedlund:  Character Motivations:  The Key to Gaining Ready Empathy, @JodyHedlund

• Copyblogger:  Have You Ever Thought About Starting Your Own Podcast? by Demian Farnsworth, @DemianFarnsworth

• Anne R. Allen's Blog:  Six More Pieces of Bad Advice for Writers to Ignore, @annerallen

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We've got snow at my house! Excellent day to write and read about writing.

• Moody Writing:  Three Goals for Every Character

• Lynnette Labelle:  8 Common Mistakes Writers Make at Conferences

• Write Practice:  How to Finish Your Writing Projects (Even When You Don't Feel Like It) by Joe Bunting

• C. Hope Clark:  How The Shy Writer Copes When She Hits a Wall (Podcast #11)

• Write To Done:  How to Revise Your Novel at a Glance by Darci Pattison (Darci's Shrunken Manuscript is a great way to see problems with your manuscript!)

• The Kill Zone:  Five Key Ingredients to Nurture a Story by Jordan Dane

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Here's some reading to inspire your writing!

• *Thup:  Memorable Characters by Erin Brown Conroy (Ideas to make your characters shine.)

• Men With Pens:  The Real Reason Why You Can't Write by Esther Litchfield-Fink

• Get Me Writing:  How to Achieve Effective Social Media Promotion for your Ebook by Matt Roberts 

• Novel Matters:  What Do Productive Writers Do To Meet Deadlines? by Latayne C. Scott

• Writer's Digest/Brian Klem's Blog:  How To Create An Antihero That Readers Love by Jessica Page Morrell

• Marcy Kennedy:  How is First POV Different? 

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Spend some time improving your writing craft!

• The Write Conversation:  Keep Writing -- Sometimes You Have to Go Through the Junk to Get to the Gems by Edie Melson

• Emu's Debuts:  Making Time by Megan Morrison

• Daily Writing Tips:  Showing Dialect in Dialogue by Maeve Maddox

• Writers Helping Writers:  Softening a Hard Character to Make Them Likable by Angela Ackerman

• Narrative Breakdown:  Middle Grade Fiction with Author Jill Santopolo

• Huff Post College:  Ink on Paper:  Some Notes on Note-taking by Wray Herbert

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For your reading pleasure...

• Writer's Digest - Brian Klem's Blog: Important Writing Lessons From First-Time Novelists 

• DBW - Digital Book World:  6 Degrees of Agent Evolution by Jason Allen Ashlock

• Huffington Post Books:  Writing Tips:  How To Breathe New Life Into Your Short Stories

• Writers Helping Writers:  How to Cure a Cardboard Villain by Angela Ackerman

• Writer Unboxed:  The Power of Renewal a.k.a. Character Arc by Heather Webb

• The Blue Rose Girls:  Keeping Your Mouth Shut by Grace Lin

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Enjoy the adventure of writing!

• Sandy Appleyard:  How Do You Create Memorable Secondary Characters?

• Cassandra Page:  The Dream Journal - One Writer's Inspiration

• Writers in the Storm:  5 Steps for Surviving a Revise & Resubmit by Orly Konig-Lopez

• Jody Hedlund:  9 Lessons I've Learned So Far About Writing & Publication

• Write Hook:  4 Impossibly Simple Ideas for Better Writing by Scott Morgan

• BookBaby:  7 Life Lessons From Einstein You Can Apply To Your Writing

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How are you doing on those resolutions? Stop worrying about it and read!

• G5:  The ONE Thing All Successful People Do by Stephanie Carter

• The Creative Penn:  Writing Fiction:  Creating Friction With Clashing Personalities by Angela Ackerman

• QueryTracker:  Five Query Mistakes That Make You Look Like An Amateur by Ash Krafton

• The Write Practice:  3 Writing Tips You Can Steal From Animators by Joe Bunting

• Romance University:  Taking Control of Your Writing Career with a Business Plan with Amy Denim

• The Seekers:  Creating Characters One Layer at a Time - Layer Three - Is it American Idol? Nope, it's The Voice by Mary Connealy